002:006 The man who professes to be continuing in Him is himself also bound to live as He lived.
002:007 My dearly-loved friends, it is no new command that I am
now giving you, but an old command which you have had from
the very beginning. By the old command I mean the teaching
which you have already received.
002:008 And yet I *am* giving you a new command, for such it
really is, so far as both He and you are concerned:
because the darkness is now passing away and the light,
the true light, is already beginning to shine.
002:009 Any one who professes to be in the light and yet hates his
brother man is still in darkness.
002:010 He who loves his brother man continues in the light, and his
life puts no stumbling-block in the way of others.
002:011 But he who hates his brother man is in darkness and is walking in darkness; and he does not know where he is going— because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
002:012 I am writing to you, dear children, because for His sake your sins are forgiven you.
002:013 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has
existed from the very beginning. I am writing to you,
young men, because you have overcome the Evil one.
I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
002:014 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has
existed from the very beginning. I have written to you,
young men, because you are strong and God's Message still has
a place in your hearts, and you have overcome the Evil one.
002:015 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world.
If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart
for the Father.